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  • noun Plural form of hamantasch.

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Examples

  • The triangular cookies are called hamantaschen and are shaped to resemble wicked Haman's hat.

    Sarah Newman: Purim 101 2009

  • I agree that I think you’re over-filling the hamantaschen, which is part of the reason they’re busting open.

    hamantaschen | smitten kitchen 2008

  • School, baked over 500 "hamantaschen," a triangular pastry made with different fillings -

    WN.com - Articles related to Easter baskets: origins and chocolate covered ideas 2010

  • The story was celebrated every year at the holiday of Purim, when Haman’s fate was symbolized by eating pastry called hamantaschen, or Haman’s ears.

    Turmoil and Triumph George P. Shultz 1993

  • The story was celebrated every year at the holiday of Purim, when Haman’s fate was symbolized by eating pastry called hamantaschen, or Haman’s ears.

    Turmoil and Triumph George P. Shultz 1993

  • My brother picked me up one on his way into the city on Friday and said that while they have the hamantaschen on hand, the hardest part might be getting the staff to give you the right thing.

    Chocolate Hamantaschen Return to Zaro’s | Midtown Lunch - Finding Lunch in the Food Wasteland of NYC's Midtown Manhattan 2010

  • Those awful hamantaschen with the figgy prune inside are not pleasing to the palate until one is well into her diabetic sixties, just for the record!

    Roseanne Archy Roseanne Barr 2011

  • Those awful hamantaschen with the figgy prune inside are not pleasing to the palate until one is well into her diabetic sixties, just for the record!

    Roseanne Archy Roseanne Barr 2011

  • Those awful hamantaschen with the figgy prune inside are not pleasing to the palate until one is well into her diabetic sixties, just for the record!

    Roseanne Archy Roseanne Barr 2011

  • Those awful hamantaschen with the figgy prune inside are not pleasing to the palate until one is well into her diabetic sixties, just for the record!

    Roseanne Archy Roseanne Barr 2011

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